April 27, 2005

Dries Van Noten

A few years ago, while randomly cruising the shops at Landmark (a very good shopping mall in hk) with my mom we came across Dries Van Noten, and I was instantly intrigued. Inside the gloomy and minimal exterior of the shop was an array of distinctively unique and feminine pieces. The voluminous skirts, the subtle floral embroideries and patterns, as vogue.co.uk puts it, it was as if "you were rummaging through your grandmother's trunk in the attic."

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Dries Van Noten is a Belgium fashion designer who comes from three generations of tailors. Fashion was clearly in the blood. Although his designs appear to be very "of the moment" right now, with all his floral patterns and poofy skirts, he has in fact been doing this for the longest time. Having carved himself a niche in the fashion world, Dries Van Noten is not one to bend to the rigid rules and is instead commited to creating individual and intimate unique pieces. Here are some more photos from his Spring/Summer 2005 runway:

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Don't you just LOVE those voluminous skirts and that very romantic long floral skirt? Also note how the guests are sitting and the runway. The runway is actually the table where the guests had sat for dinner at a cavernous factory on the outskirts of Paris. To celebrate his 50th collection, the guests also recieved a signed scrapbook of his last 50 collections with a polaroid image of the chandelier the guest was sitting under. Talk about being unique and intimate!

Sigh. . what I wouldn't give to have been there. . .

12 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lovely outfits (especially the all white shirt and skirt)!

4/27/2005 7:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

These are GORGEOUS!--especially when compared to the relative minimalism of the styles in the previous entry, which look so dated and boring compared to these creative confections. An artist at work!

4/27/2005 9:36 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Those are stunning outfits. I especially love the last two... peasant-chic is so cool.

4/28/2005 12:13 AM  
Blogger Petra said...

Hi girls, yes truly stylish stuff! Thanks

4/28/2005 11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I went to AGIdeas (a design forum held in melbourne) and the first speaker was Jonathon Ellery from Browns in London who designed the book. If you go to their website ...
http://www.brownsdesign.com/folio-books-vanoten.htm you can see images of the book they receive

6/13/2006 7:43 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You can find lots of information about Dries van Noten and other Belgian Designers on http://www.cityfashion.tv

Grtz

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Anonymous Skirts said...

I love the volume and flair of these skirts. They're incredible! The prints are beautiful as well.

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